[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 26947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12497]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-37-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone 113--Ellis County, Texas; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area); Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Ellis County Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 113, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand 
its service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees 
for the establishment or reorganization of zones and can permit 
significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new subzones or 
``usage-driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users located within a 
grantee's ``service area'' in the context of the FTZ Board's standard 
2,000-acre activation limit for a zone. The application was submitted 
pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-
81u), and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 
formally docketed on June 4, 2018.
    FTZ 113 was approved by the FTZ Board on December 21, 1984 (Board 
Order 283, 50 FR 300, January 3, 1985) and reorganized under the ASF on 
September 24, 2010 (Board Order 1708, 75 FR 61706, October 6, 2010). 
The zone currently has a service area that includes Ellis County, 
Texas.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Navarro County, Texas, as described in the 
application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites 
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The application indicates that the proposed expanded 
service area is adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth Customs and Border 
Protection Port of Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans of 
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts 
and information presented in the application and case record and to 
report findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is August 10, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 27, 2018.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: June 5, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12497 Filed 6-8-18; 8:45 am]
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